ERA reaches accord on Ranger mine water use

Energy Resources of Australia
has agreed to 15 recommendations regarding the management of surface water at its Northern Territory-based Ranger mine site following consultation with a local Aboriginal group.

The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and ERA released the findings and 15 recommendations of the Independent Surface Water Working Group to review surface water management and monitoring associated with the Ranger mine site.

The working group found the current surface water management and regulatory systems in place at the site were of a “very high standard" and an agreed action plan was required to ensure those standards remained.

ERA chief executive
Rob Atkinson
said the findings and recommendations will improve water management systems and the reporting of key performance data to stakeholders.